Merry Christmas!

2016 has been the kind of year that makes it a bit harder to really celebrate, to really feel those carols that sing of hope and joy and the One who is with us through all our troubles. But God really is with us, closer than our next breath, and that's always worth celebrating.

So I can't help myself... I have to recycle this video from last year's moodlings on this Christmas Eve, this celebration of God-with-Us. Have a beautiful Christmas, and may 2017 be a time for love above all else.

The glory of the Lord shines around us, and we hear good news of great joy. Don't be afraid! It's a glorious night! Let the Earth receive her King!

A new favourite Christmas song

It's been a long time since a really good Christmas song has given me goosebumps, but last night my sister's grade six class sang one -- the kind that makes my heart inexplicably happy, my toes tap involuntarily, and my eyes fill with bright unshed tears of joy. And I find out afterward that the song was released in 2013 on the album, Merry Christmas to You, by the Sidewalk Prophets, a Country band from Nashville.

There's something about the simplicity and happiness of Oh What a Glorious Night... and the final verse, sung gently, like a lullaby. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.